In 2007, the Waikato Innovation Park, with $1 million of funding from the Tertiary Education Commission, set up the Agbiotech Innovators Academy (AIA). The initiative is now wrapping up and has spawned the formation of a new company that is developing …Read more »

Mapit Designer 3.0, a software tool that allows users to easily build decision trees and process maps which can be outputted as HTML script, was released today. Mapit Designer is for users who need to guide their customers through complex interactions …Read more »

Wellington City Council finalised its Long-Term Council Community Plan last night – agreeing on a plan that will mean an average real rates increase for 2009/10 of 3.27 percent. The average real rates increase takes into account the increased …Read more »

Wellington City Council finalised its Long-Term Council Community Plan last night – agreeing on a plan that will mean an average real rates increase for 2009/10 of 3.27 percent. The average real rates increase takes into account the increased …Read more »

The Government has authorised a $33.7 million injection to three Crown-guaranteed National Provident Fund schemes to help cover lower than expected returns, Finance Minister Bill English says.Read more »

At about 3.20 pm on the 29th of June 2009, a Ritchies bus carrying 16 children home from school crashed into a power pole on Blue Spur Road, Hokitika. Fortunately there were no injuries apart from minor bumps and bruises sustained by the students. The …Read more »

In politics and business it’s tempting to stay with the tried and true – do business with the companies you’ve always done business with, put the work the way of old school mates, whose values and psychology you understand.Read more »

Printing Gets Green Makeover The print and paper industries have been praised for leading the way in environmental awareness, leaving other industries in their wake as they set new benchmarks in “green” initiatives and in health and safety. Charlie …Read more »

The Government will not convene a group of experts to discuss the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) review of the science of A1 milk, Minister for Food Safety Kate Wilkinson announced today. The previous administration had agreed to the Slorach …Read more »

The Public Service Association is concerned that the Ministry of Social Development is cutting up to 200 jobs due to a cut in government funding, at a time when unemployment is rapidly rising… The Ministry has confirmed that under the restructuring 12 Child …Read more »

“The Minister of Women’s Affairs released a ‘clear goal for New Zealand women’ – ‘Women having real choices and using their strengths to maximise social and economic success’ yet she stood idly by as the specialist unit to achieve pay equity was …Read more »